The Civil War started in 1861‚ and though it was more than a century ago‚ there is still controversy and many questions arising about the subject. What were they really fighting over? Should the South have been able to succeed? What were the South’s true reasons for succeeding? Was the North’s only reason to go to war to free the slaves? Were Slaves truly treated as cruelly as we are to believe they were? Did the Abolitionists have other motives hidden behind tightly shut doors‚ which were
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The American Civil War was‚ as all wars are‚ affected not only by the men fighting on the battlefield‚ but by the women who served on the home front‚ in military hospitals‚ and occasionally next to men on the battlefield. Just as women influenced the war‚ the war changed the world in which the women lived. The women’s rights movement began shortly before the Civil War‚ and continued through the war‚ growing stronger as women were touched by the war‚ and longed for rights equal to men. Women supported
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The Civil War split our nation‚ Americans fighting Americans‚ brother against brother. The war lasted four long years‚ a key battle fought westward was the turning point in the war: the Battle of Vicksburg. Between Cairo‚ Illinois‚ and the Gulf of Mexico‚ the Mississippi River twists and winds for nearly 1‚000 miles. Commonly referred to as the trunk of the American tree ’. The river was vital to both the American Government and to the Confederate forces in the west. The city of Vicksburg
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The Reconstruction period (1865-1877) was the era of rebuilding‚ the south‚ after the Civil War. In the South reconstruction meant rebuilding the economy‚ establishing new state and local governments and establishing a new social structure between whites and blacks. Abolishing slavery‚ what should be demanded of the Southern states‚ restoring political rights to the South‚ and what should be the responsibility of the newly freed slaves were the concerns doing the Reconstruction period. They also
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In the 1960s‚ after the abolishment of slavery with the 13th amendment‚ slaves were free to live their lives as they so chose. Freed slaves and others in the south after the civil war needed to find a new way of living. Slaves were not paid for their labor‚ however‚ they were given food and shelter by their owner. Freed slaves had to figure out how to get those necessities on their own. Since slaves were used to working with crops‚ they looked to sharecropping as their means of work. Sharecropping
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denied the right to tax federal agencies (Divine 312-313). 2. War of 1812 Beginning in 1812 and ending in 1815‚ the War of 1812 was a war between American forces and British troops. The reasons that America felt war was necessary included violations of American maritime rights by the British‚ impressment of United States citizens into the British navy‚ provocation of the Native Americans‚ and a defense of national honor and stature. The war was fought primarily in the northern United States and Canada
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Civil War Basic Summary The battle of Fort Sumpter was important because it motivated the North to gather an army and begin fighting. It was a big mistake of the South not to allow the Union to bring supplies to the fort. Another important conflict was the ship Alabama‚ made for the Confederacy by Britain. Then Britain bought two battle ships that the South was building‚ to avoid starting a war with the North and having them invade Canada. The battle of Bull run is important because it led to
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advantages and limitations to this study in history? The sources that Richard F. Nation used in order to write the article “Violence and the Rights of African Americans in Civil War-Era Indiana: The Case of James Hays” were plentiful. Nation used books from other historian‚ as well as newspaper from the time of Hays case‚ civil records‚ and records of the U.S. census (Nation‚ R. F. 2004‚ pg.216‚ 218‚ 220 & 225). The advantages of Nation using other writer’s books‚ studies‚ and articles‚ is that it
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The 1850s were a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible. The Union was becoming divided through many events in the time leading into the Civil War. The North and South had too many hostilities to account for. Socially‚ the North and the South could not stand what the other would do or say with anything. Politically‚ the government was completely divided and undecided. And economically‚ the South began to prosper as the North began to struggle. Thus‚ during the 1850s
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Part One After the Civil War thins in the industrialization changed tremendously. Many machines replaced the hand labors as to the main meaning to manufacturing‚ increasing the production capacity. Many investors and bankers supplied many of the huge amounts of money that business leaders needed to expand their operations. Part Two Major Aspects of Industrialization Urbanization: Entrepreneurship involves the identification of opportunities based on information transferred from sources
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